Dashboard for tracking healthy building performance

ABSTRACT

A method of monitoring building compliance with healthy building guidelines includes obtaining current parameter values for a plurality of different parameters from a plurality of sensors disposed within a plurality of different zones of a building. For each of the parameters, the current parameter value received from each of the plurality of different zones is compared with a corresponding healthy building range for that parameter as specified by the healthy building guidelines. A healthy building dashboard is displayed that includes a summary that shows, for each of the plurality of different parameters, how many zones of the plurality of different zones of the building are within the corresponding healthy building range for that parameter and/or how many zones of the plurality of different zones are not within the corresponding healthy building range for that parameter.

RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional PatentApplication Ser. No. 63/085,921, filed Sep. 30, 2020, which isincorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure pertains to monitoring building performance. Moreparticularly, the present disclosure pertains to monitoring compliancewith healthy building standards.

BACKGROUND

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused bysevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19is one of many infectious diseases transmitted via airborne and/or otherparticles. In some cases, it may be difficult to mitigate the spread ofinfectious diseases, particularly diseases transmitted through airborneand/or other particles, at indoor facilities (e.g., buildings,department stores, warehouses, plants, factories, refineries, airports,laboratories, school buildings, theaters, etc.) due to the indoorenvironment, proximity of occupants, and/or other factors. Often, theseindoor facilities have various building automation systems (e.g.,heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, surveillancesystems, security systems, energy management systems, etc.) to controlenvironmental conditions of the indoor facility and/or monitoroccupancy. A need remains for ways to monitor how well a building orother facility is performing with respect to meeting healthy buildingguidelines.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure relates to a monitoring compliance withprescribed guidance, and more particularly, to monitoring compliance ofa facility such as a building with healthy building guidelines that areintended to reduce changes of infectious disease spread within thefacility.

In an example, a method of monitoring building compliance with healthybuilding guidelines, where the healthy building guidelines specifydesired ranges for each of a plurality of different parameters, includesobtaining current parameter values for a plurality of differentparameters from a plurality of sensors disposed within a plurality ofdifferent zones of a building. For each of the parameters, the currentparameter value received from each of the plurality of different zonesis compared with a corresponding healthy building range for thatparameter as specified by the healthy building guidelines. A healthybuilding dashboard is displayed that includes a summary that shows, foreach of the plurality of different parameters, how many zones of theplurality of different zones of the building are within thecorresponding healthy building range for that parameter and/or how manyzones of the plurality of different zones are not within thecorresponding healthy building range for that parameter.

In another example, a method of monitoring building compliance withhealthy building guidelines, where the healthy building guidelinesspecify desired ranges for each of a plurality of different parameters,includes receiving parameter values for a plurality of differentparameters in a building. The current values for each of the pluralityof different parameters are compared to a corresponding healthy buildingrange specified in the healthy building guidelines to help reduce thespread of disease in the building. A healthy building dashboard isdisplayed on a display that indicates for each of the plurality ofdifferent parameters whether any areas of the building are not withinthe healthy building range for that parameter. In response to a userrequest, additional information is displayed on the display thatpertains to the areas of the building for which one or more of theparameters are outside of the healthy building range for that parameter.

In another example, a non-transient, computer-readable storage mediumstores instructions that when executed by a processor cause theprocessor to receive parameter values for a plurality of differentparameters in a building over time, compare current values for each ofthe plurality of different parameters to a healthy building rangespecified for each of the plurality of different parameters and displaya dashboard on a display that indicates for each of the plurality ofdifferent parameters whether any areas of the building are not withinthe healthy building range for that parameter. In response to a userrequest, additional information may be displayed on the display thatpertains to the areas of the building for which one or more of theparameters are outside of the healthy building range for that parameter.

The preceding summary is provided to facilitate an understanding of someof the features of the present disclosure and is not intended to be afull description. A full appreciation of the disclosure can be gained bytaking the entire specification, claims, drawings, and abstract as awhole.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The disclosure may be more completely understood in consideration of thefollowing description of various illustrative embodiments of thedisclosure in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an illustrative system for monitoringbuilding compliance with healthy building guidelines;

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram showing an illustrative method of monitoringbuilding compliance with healthy building guidelines;

FIG. 3 is a flow diagram showing an illustrative method of monitoringbuilding compliance with healthy building guidelines; and

FIGS. 4 through 21 are screen captures showing illustrative screens thatmay be displayed by the illustrative system of FIG. 1 .

While the disclosure is amenable to various modifications andalternative forms, specifics thereof have been shown by way of examplein the drawings and will be described in detail. It should beunderstood, however, that the intention is not to limit aspects of thedisclosure to the particular illustrative embodiments described. On thecontrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, andalternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the disclosure.

DESCRIPTION

The following description should be read with reference to the drawingswherein like reference numerals indicate like elements. The drawings,which are not necessarily to scale, are not intended to limit the scopeof the disclosure. In some of the figures, elements not believednecessary to an understanding of relationships among illustratedcomponents may have been omitted for clarity.

All numbers are herein assumed to be modified by the term “about”,unless the content clearly dictates otherwise. The recitation ofnumerical ranges by endpoints includes all numbers subsumed within thatrange (e.g., 1 to 5 includes 1, 1.5, 2, 2.75, 3, 3.80, 4, and 5).

As used in this specification and the appended claims, the singularforms “a”, “an”, and “the” include the plural referents unless thecontent clearly dictates otherwise. As used in this specification andthe appended claims, the term “or” is generally employed in its senseincluding “and/or” unless the content clearly dictates otherwise.

It is noted that references in the specification to “an embodiment”,“some embodiments”, “other embodiments”, etc., indicate that theembodiment described may include a particular feature, structure, orcharacteristic, but every embodiment may not necessarily include theparticular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrasesare not necessarily referring to the same embodiment. Further, when aparticular feature, structure, or characteristic is described inconnection with an embodiment, it is contemplated that the feature,structure, or characteristic may be applied to other embodiments whetheror not explicitly described unless clearly stated to the contrary.

Facilities often include building automation systems (e.g., heating,ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, surveillance systems,security systems, energy management systems, etc.). Variousorganizations worldwide (e.g., government organizations, educationalorganizations, etc.) have provided guidelines on how to operate buildingautomation system to reduce risk of disease transmissions withinfacilities. Similarly, various organizations worldwide have providedguidelines on how occupants of a facility and monitoring occupancy canreduced risk of disease transmission. Other guidelines relating tofacilities and transmission of infectious disease are contemplated andmay be adapted and used, depending on the facility.

It can be difficult for facility managers to assess performance of theirfacilities, occupants, etc. against guidance (e.g. guidelines, rules,etc.). In some cases, the guidance may specify desired environmentalconditions and desired occupancy/occupant behavior to help reduce ormitigate risk of disease transmission in a facility. Additionally, inview of various guidelines from various organizations, it has beendifficult for facility managers to assess whether their facilities havethe necessary sensor devices and/or other suitable sensing or monitoringequipment to accurately judge and/or reduce the risk of diseasetransmission.

This disclosure provides methods and systems for assessing a facilitiescompliance with various guidelines related to reducing risk ofinfectious disease (e.g., COVID-19, Ebola, influenza, common cold,airborne diseases, and/or other infectious diseases) transmissions.Sensing devices of existing building automation systems and/or othersuitable sensing devices may be utilized. In some cases, methods andsystems are provided to help facility managers identify when additionalsensors, cameras, and/or other equipment may help in mitigating risk oftransmitting infectious diseases in their facility, and in some cases,may quantify how much such additional equipment may help mitigate therisk of transmission of infectious diseases in their facility.

The techniques and/or systems disclosed herein may provide displaysoffering facility managers easily understandable performance metrics ofa facility and/or facility occupants' against a set of infectiousdisease guidelines. The metrics may incorporate and/or be based onknowledge of a facility location (e.g., geographic location), knowledgeof a facility size, knowledge of a facility floorplan, knowledge ofsensing devices at a facility, knowledge of common HVAC systemcapability, and parameters, adjustable values or weights that may betuned based on climate, building characteristics, and evolving knowledge(e.g., guidelines, studies, laws, etc.) related to disease transmission,etc.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an illustrative system 10 formonitoring building compliance with healthy building guidelines. Healthybuilding guidelines may, for example, include infectious diseaseguidance. Infectious disease guidance may include recommendationsrelated to values, counts, percentages, and/or other measures of one ormore of relative humidity in a facility, CO₂ concentration in afacility, air change rates in a facility, occupancy in a facility,particulate matter concentrations in a facility, total volatile organiccompound (TVOC) concentrations in a facility, a maximum occupancy levelin a facility or a zone in a facility, maximum occupancy density in afacility, a number of crowd incidents per day in the facility, a percentof health related standard operating procedure actions that have beenclosed by an facility operator, mask compliance in a facility, elevatedbody temperature incidents in the facility, number of people potentiallyexposed to an infected individual in the facility determined via contacttracing, and/or recommendations or actions related to one or more othersuitable factors affecting disease transmission within a facility.

The illustrative system 10 of FIG. 1 includes a building 12. It will beappreciated that the building 12 may represent a single building, or acollection of buildings. In some instances, the building 12 mayrepresent a portion of a facility. Illustrative but non-limitingexamples of buildings 12 include buildings, department stores,warehouses, plants, factories, refineries, airports, laboratories,office buildings, school buildings, theaters, arenas, stadiums, hotels,dorms, lecture halls, restaurants, etc. The building 12 may beconsidered as being divided into zones 14 that are individually labeledas 14 a, 14 b through 14 n. Each zone 14 may represent a room orcollection of rooms in the building 12. Each zone 14 may represent afloor of the building 12. Each zone 14 may represent particular regionswithin the building 12 that may not correspond directly to a particularroom and/or a particular floor of the building 12. In some instances,the zones 14 may correspond to Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning(HVAC) system zones. In some cases, the zones 14 may represent divisionsof the building 12 based upon use of various parts of the building 12.For example, a particular zone 14 may represent a collection of officeswithin the building 12 while another zone 14 may represent warehousespace. Another zone 14 may represent part or all of a parking garage,for example. It will be appreciated that in this, the ventilation andother needs of these various zones 14 may vary, sometimes considerably,based on how they are being utilized. Accordingly, it can make sense todefine zones in accordance with how the various parts of the building 12are being utilized.

The illustrative system 10 further includes a computing system 16. Asillustrated, the computing system 16 includes a computing device 18 andone or more cloud servers 20. The building 12 includes a buildingnetwork 21 that enables devices within the building 12 to communicatewith the computing system 16, and in some cases with each other. It willbe appreciated that in some instances the computing device 18 may bedisposed within the building 12 and may itself be in communication withthe building network 21 without requiring any intervening servers suchas but not limited to the cloud server 20. The computing device 18 mayitself be manifested within the cloud server 20. In some cases, thecomputing device 18 may be and/or may be part of, for instance, a smartphone, a tablet, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personalcomputer, a beacon, a camera, a display device, a video recorder, anetwork component, a server, and/or other suitable computing device. Insome cases, the computing device 18 may be distributed amount two ormore devices.

As illustrated, the building 12 includes a number of sensors disposedwithin each of the zones 14. For example, the zone 14 a includes asensor 22 a, a sensor 22 b and through a sensor 22 m. The zone 14 bincludes a sensor 24 a, a sensor 24 b and through a sensor 24 m. Thezone 14 n includes a sensor 26 a, a sensor 26 b and through a sensor 26m. It will be appreciated that each of the sensors 22, 24, 26 maymeasure or detect any of a variety of different measures that arerelated to one or more parameters that may be part of the healthybuilding guidelines. The sensors 22, 24, 26 may include one or more ofoccupancy sensors, video cameras, still cameras, identification cardreaders, control signal monitors (e.g., to monitor when and/or howdevices affecting infectious disease are used, such as UV lights, airexchangers, fans, etc.), air sensors, humidity sensors, temperaturesensors, CO₂ (carbon dioxide) sensors, CO (carbon monoxide) sensors,thermostats, particulate matter sensors, TVOC (total volatile organiccompound) sensors, thermometers, infrared sensors, pressure sensors(e.g., to monitor and/or effect pressure zones configured to exchangeair in a specified zone in a facility), etc.

In the example show, the sensors 22 a, 22 b through 22 m are able tocommunicate with the building network 21 and hence with the computingsystem 16 via a zone network 28. The sensors 24 a, 24 b through 24 m areable to communicate with the building network 21 and hence with thecomputing system 16 via a zone network 30. The sensors 26 a, 26 bthrough 26 m are able to communicate with the building network 21 andhence with the computing system 16 via a zone network 32. In some cases,signals from each of the sensors 22, 24, 26 are communicated to thecomputing device 18, either directly or via the cloud server 20. Thecomputing device 18 includes a user interface 34 that may be used toprovide instructions and other information to the computing device 18and/or to receive information from the computing device 18. The userinterface 34 may include any desired type of data entry equipment, suchas but not limited to a keyboard, a mouse, a touch pad, a drawing padand the like. The user interface 34 may include a display 36 that can beused to display information. The display 36 may include one or moreseparate monitors, each of the one or more separate monitors beingaddressable by the computing device 18.

In some cases, the display 36 may be used to display a dashboard thatenables a user to quickly and easily ascertain how the building 12 isperforming relative to various healthy building guidelines. Such adashboard may display current values of various parameters measured orotherwise indicated by the sensors 22, 24, 26, and may includecomparisons of the current values of those parameters with healthybuilding ranges for those parameters. Subsequent Figures will provideexamples of dashboards that may be displayed on the display 36.

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram showing an illustrative method 40 of monitoringbuilding compliance with healthy building guidelines, where the healthybuilding guidelines specify desired ranges for each of a plurality ofdifferent parameters. Current parameter values may be obtained for eachof a plurality of different parameters from a plurality of sensors (suchas the sensors 22, 24, 26) that are disposed within a plurality ofdifferent zones (such as the zones 14) of the building 12, as indicatedat block 42. The values for each parameter may be processed, asindicated at block 44. In more detail, each current parameter valuereceived from each of the plurality of different zones may be comparedwith a corresponding healthy building range for that parameter asspecified by the healthy building guidelines, as indicated at block 46.A healthy building dashboard may be displayed that includes a summarythat shows, for each of the plurality of different parameters, how manyzones of the plurality of different zones of the building are within thecorresponding healthy building range for that parameter and/or how manyzones of the plurality of different zones are not within thecorresponding healthy building range for that parameter, as indicated atblock 48. In some cases, at least a region of the dashboard may collectand display only parameters that have a corresponding healthy buildingrange specified by the healthy building guidelines. In some cases, allavailable parameters that have a corresponding healthy building rangespecified by the healthy building guidelines are displayed in thisregion. When so provided, a user may navigate to this region to get agood overall view of building compliance with the relevant healthybuilding guidelines.

In some instances, and as optionally indicated at block 50, the method40 may further include displaying one or more windows that instruct auser how to correct for a parameter that is outside of its correspondinghealthy building range. In some instances, and as optionally indicatedat block 52, the method 40 may further include modifying operation ofone or more building system components in order to drive a parameterthat is outside of its corresponding healthy building range towards avalue that is within its corresponding healthy building range. While notexpressly illustrated, it will be appreciated that the building 12 mayinclude a variety of building systems such as but not limited to an HVACsystem, and the HVAC system may include heating, cooling and/orventilating components that may be used to alter a current value of aparameter (e.g. by changing a set point, opening a damper or valve,activating a fan, changing a fan speed, etc.). In some cases, thehealthy building dashboard may also include a summary of healthybuilding alarms, wherein each health building alarm corresponds to aparameter in a zone (such as one of the zones 14) that falls outside orotherwise does not meet its corresponding healthy building range.

One of the plurality of different parameters for which a currentparameter value may be compared to a corresponding healthy buildingrange includes air temperature. The healthy building range for airtemperature may correspond to a range of, for example, 68 to 74 degreesFahrenheit. In some cases, air temperatures within this range can helpto reduce the spread of disease within the building 12. It will beappreciated that these temperatures also generally correspond to thosethat are considered to be comfortable by a majority of people, althoughthe upper temperature limit of 74 degrees Fahrenheit may be viewed aslower than historically preferred for energy savings, especially forsummertime air conditioning.

Another of the plurality of different parameters for which a currentparameter value may be compared to a corresponding healthy buildingrange includes relative humidity. The healthy building range forrelative humidity may correspond to, for example, a range of 40 to 60percent relative humidity. In some cases, relative humidity valueswithin this range can help to reduce the spread of disease within thebuilding 12. In some cases, the next preferred relative humidity is in arange of 60 to 70 percent relative humidity. The next preferred relativehumidity is a relative humidity in excess of 70 percent relativehumidity. The next preferred is a relative humidity in a range of 30 to50 percent relative humidity. A least preferred relative humidity is arelative humidity that is less than 30 percent relative humidity.

Another of the plurality of different parameters for which a currentparameter value may be compared to a corresponding healthy buildingrange includes carbon dioxide concentration. The healthy building rangefor carbon dioxide concentration may correspond to a carbon dioxideconcentration of less than 800 parts per million (ppm). It will beappreciated that the primary source of carbon dioxide within thebuilding 12 is people exhaling, and thus may be related to a density ofoccupants within the building. In some cases, a carbon dioxideconcentration of less than 800 ppm can help to reduce the spread ofdisease within the building 12.

Additional examples of different parameters for which a currentparameter value may be compared to a corresponding healthy buildingrange include carbon monoxide concentration and total volatile organiccompound (TVOC) concentration. The healthy building range for carbonmonoxide concentration is less than 20 ppm. The healthy building rangefor TVOC concentration is less than 0.5 milligrams per cubic meter(mg/m³). It will be appreciated that carbon monoxide and TVOCs are bothundesirable, and thus there is a desire to minimize (or even eliminate)detectable concentrations of either. In some cases, a carbon monoxideconcentration of less than 20 ppm and/or a TVOC concentration of lessthan 0.5 mg/m³ can help to reduce the spread of disease within thebuilding 12.

Some parameters for which a current parameter value may be compared to acorresponding healthy building range include parameters that are morebehavior-based. An example of this is occupancy percentage. Inaccordance with healthy building guidelines, there may be a desire tolimit relative occupancy of a space such as one or more of the zones 14within the building 12. Limiting relative occupancy has the impact ofincreasing relative distances between people over time. While there maybe instances in which a first person is too close to a second person,even transiently, it will be appreciated that having relatively fewerpeople in a particular space will tend to increase the relativedistances between them. This can help with achieving social distancing.In some cases, a relative occupancy of less than 50 percent of aspecified maximum occupancy may be desired. In some instances, arelative occupancy of less than 25 percent of a specified maximumoccupancy may be desired. The specified maximum occupancy may bedetermined based on one or more characteristics of the particular space,and in some cases may represent the maximum safe allowed occupancy ofthat space as specified by the fire code of the municipality, state orthe like in which the building 12 is located.

In some cases, the healthy building dashboard may include a summary ofhealthy building security parameters. These healthy building securityparameters, which may be considered as additional examples ofbehavior-based parameters, may include one or more of an occupanttemperature compliance parameter that relates to a status of occupanttemperature compliance of occupants of the building. This can include anindication of whether occupants within the building have a healthy bodytemperature as opposed to an elevated body temperature that may be anindication of disease. Individual body temperatures may be estimated,for example, by taking infrared pictures of the individuals using aninfrared security camera spaced throughout the building or performing atemperature screening at one or more access points of the building.

Another example of a healthy building security parameter is a maskcompliance parameter that relates to a status of mask compliance ofoccupants of the building with one or more mask guidelines specified bythe healthy building guidelines. If people are wearing masks duringcircumstances that warrant masks, this can help to reduce diseasespread. Conversely, people who are not wearing masks duringcircumstances that warrant masks, this can worsen disease spread.Another example of a healthy building security parameter is a socialdistancing compliance parameter that relates to a status of socialdistancing compliance of occupants of the building with one or moresocial distancing guidelines specified by the healthy buildingguidelines. Another example of a healthy building security parameter isa maximum occupancy compliance parameter that relates to a status ofmaximum occupancy compliance of occupants of the building with one ormore maximum occupancy guidelines specified by the healthy buildingguidelines. These are just examples, and additional healthy buildingsecurity parameters are contemplated. Mask compliance, social distancingand maximum occupancy can each be identified by, for example, performingvideo analytics on video images captured by security camera spacedthroughout the building.

In some cases, the healthy building dashboard may include a zone summarythat for each of the plurality of different zones of the building whichdisplays each current parameter value measured within that zone. Thezone summary may, for example, highlight any current parameter value inany zone of the plurality of different zones that is currently outsideof the corresponding healthy building range for that parameter. In someinstances, the zone summary may include a recitation of thecorresponding healthy building range for each of the parameters. In somecases, the zone summary may include links that when selected by a userdisplay additional information. The additional information may includenumerical values for one or more of the plurality of differentparameters displayed over time to show trends. The additionalinformation may include instructions as to how to improve the numericalvalues for one or more of the plurality of different parameters (e.g.change a set point, send a notification to individual occupants, add asensor or other equipment such as a humidifier to the building facilitymanagement system, etc.). In some cases, the additional information mayinclude a Standard Operating Procedure (SOE) that be define a set ofsteps that the operator should take to address the situation.

FIG. 3 is a flow diagram showing an illustrative method 60 of monitoringbuilding compliance with healthy building guidelines, where the healthybuilding guidelines specify desired ranges for each of a plurality ofdifferent parameters. Parameter values for a plurality of differentparameters in a building (such as the building 12) are received, asindicated at block 62. The current values for each of the plurality ofdifferent parameters are compared to a corresponding healthy buildingrange specified in the healthy building guidelines to help reduce thespread of disease in the building, as indicated at block 64. A healthybuilding dashboard is displayed on a display that indicates for each ofthe plurality of different parameters whether any areas of the buildingare not within the healthy building range for that parameter, asindicate at block 66. In response to a user request, additionalinformation is displayed on the display that pertains to the areas ofthe building for which one or more of the parameters are outside of thehealthy building range for that parameter, as indicated at block 68.

In some instances, and as optionally indicated at block 70, the method60 may further include controlling one or more building systemcomponents within the building to drive current values for one or moreof the parameters that are outside of the corresponding healthy buildingrange towards a value within the corresponding healthy building range(e.g. change a set point, send a notification to individual occupants,add a sensor or other equipment such as a humidifier to the buildingfacility management system, etc.). In some cases, and as optionallyindicated at block 72, the method 60 may further include controlling oneor more building system components within the building to drive currentvalues for one or more of the parameters that are outside of thecorresponding healthy building range to a predefined setpoint that iswithin the corresponding healthy building range.

FIGS. 4 through 21 provide illustrative screen shots showing a varietyof healthy building dashboards that may be displayed, for example, onthe display 36 of the computing device 18. In these dashboards, it willbe appreciated that the parameters are sometimes referred to as KPIs, orKey Performance Indicators. The dashboards described herein can forexample display all KPIs, including Air Quality KPIs and HealthyBuilding Security KPIs. In this, Security KPIs are those parameters thatrefer to behavioral-related parameters such as body temperature, maskcompliance, intrusion detection, social distancing and occupancy. Thedashboards may display only Air Quality KPIs. The dashboards may displayonly Healthy Building KPIs. The dashboards may display only zonesummaries. These are just examples.

FIG. 4 shows a screen 80 that includes a dashboard 82. The dashboard 82includes a header 84 that includes an icon 86 for ALL KPIS, an icon 88for AIR QUALITY KPIS, an icon 90 for MINIMIZE RISK KPIS (security KPIs)and a ZONE SUMMARY icon 92. As can be seen, the icon 86 for ALL KPIS isunderlined or otherwise highlighted, indicating that the dashboard 82 iscurrently displaying all available KPIs. A user can tab between theicons 86, 88, 90, 92 included in the header 84 by clicking on orotherwise selecting a desired icon 86, 88, 90, 92. The dashboard 82includes a HEALTHY BUILDING ALARMS panel 94 that provides summaryinformation regarding current alarms. The HEALTHY BUILDING ALARMS panel94 includes a summary section 96 that illustrates a current number ofurgent alarms, a current number of high priority alarms and a currentnumber of low priority alarms. The HEALTHY BUILDING ALARMS panel 94 alsoshows a total number of alarms. The HEALTHY BUILDING ALARMS panel 94also includes an AIR QUALITY CONTROLLER STATUS section 98 thatidentifies how many air quality controllers are present and online. TheHEALTHY BUILDING ALARMS panel 94 also includes a SECURITY CONTROLLERSTATUS section 100 that identifies how many security controllers arepresent and online.

The illustrative dashboard 82 includes an AIR QUALITY panel 102 thatindicates for each of a number of air quality parameters (or KPIs),whether the current values for these parameters within any of the zonesare in range or out of range, along with a total number of zones thatare in range or out of range. The AIR QUALITY panel 102 includes atemperature section 104, a humidity section 106, a CO section 108, a CO₂section 110, an Outside Airflow section 112 and a TVOC section 114. Asindicated, there are a total of five zones that are outside of thehealthy building range for temperature, one zone that is outside of thehealthy building range for humidity, three zones that are outside of thehealthy building range for carbon monoxide and one zone that is outsideof the healthy building range for outside air flow. Conversely, allreporting zones are within the healthy building range for carbon dioxideand for TVOC concentration.

The illustrative dashboard 82 includes a SECURITY panel 116 thatindicates for each of a number of healthy building security parameters(or KPIs), whether the current values for these parameters within any ofthe zones are in range or out of range, along with the number of zonesthat are currently in violation of healthy building guidelines. TheSECURITY panel 116 includes a thermal temperature section 118, a maskcompliance section 120, an intrusion detection section 122, a socialdistancing section 124 and an occupancy section 126. As can be seen,there are currently no incidents reported for any of thermal temperature(meaning nobody has a detected body temperature in excess of athreshold), mask compliance (meaning all detected people are complyingwith mask guidelines, intrusion detection and social distancing (meaningall detected people are complying with interpersonal spacingguidelines). There is one zone that appears to be violating theoccupancy guidelines, likely meaning that too many people are in aparticular space or zone. This could also indicate a sensor problem, iffor example, people are accurately detected entering the particularspace or zone, but the people leaving the particular space or zone arenot accurately detected leaving. This could result in a false positive.

The illustrative dashboard 82 includes an ALARMS detail section 128,that displays additional details regarding each of the alarms that werereferenced in the HEALTHY BUILDING ALARMS panel 94. If there are morecurrent alarms then there are available lines of text within the ALARMSdetail section 128, a user is able to scroll up and down through thelisted alarms. In some cases, alarms with a relatively higher prioritymay be listed at the top of the list, and alarms with a relatively lowerpriority may be listed at the bottom of the list.

It is contemplated that the illustrative dashboard 82 may collect anddisplay only parameters that have a corresponding healthy building rangespecified by the healthy building guidelines, but this is not required.In some cases, all available parameters that have a correspondinghealthy building range specified by the healthy building guidelines aredisplayed in the dashboard 82. When so provided, a user may navigate tothis dashboard 82 to get a good overall view of building compliance withthe relevant healthy building guidelines.

FIG. 5 shows a screen 130 that includes a dashboard 132. As can be seenfrom the header 84, the icon 88 for AIR QUALITY KPIS is underlined orotherwise highlighted, indicating that it has been selected. Thedashboard 132 is similar to the dashboard 82, but does not display anyinformation regarding security. Indeed, the SECURITY panel 116 shown inFIG. 4 has been replaced with a picture 134 of the building 12. This ismerely representative, as any desired picture or other information canbe displayed instead. In some cases, no picture 134 is displayed, andthe remaining portions of the dashboard 132 are simply enlarged to fillup the available space. It should be noted that the HEALTHY BUILDINGALARMS panel 94 still includes the AIR QUALITY CONTROLLER STATUS section98 that identifies how many air quality controllers are present andonline but no longer includes the SECURITY CONTROLLER STATUS section 100that identifies how many security controllers are present and online.

In comparing FIG. 5 to FIG. 4 , it can be seen that summary section 96that illustrates a current number of urgent alarms, a current number ofhigh priority alarms and a current number of low priority alarmsindicates a total of 11 alarms in FIG. 4 but only indicates a total of10 alarms in FIG. 5 . This is an indication that of the 11 alarms shownin total in FIG. 4 , a total of 10 alarms are air quality related whileonly 1 alarm is security related.

This can be seen in FIG. 6 , which shows a screen 140 that includes adashboard 142. As can be seen from the header 84, the icon 90 forMINIMIZE RISK KPIS is underlined or otherwise highlighted, indicatingthat it has been selected. In the summary section 96, it can be seenthat there is only 1 alarm indicated. The HEALTHY BUILDING ALARMS panel94 includes the SECURITY CONTROLLER STATUS section 100 that identifieshow many security controllers are present and online, but does notinclude the AIR QUALITY CONTROLLER STATUS section 98 that identifies howmany air quality controllers are present and online. The ALARMS detailsection 128 can be seen as only including one alarm, which appears to berelated to a detected occupancy level that has exceeded the healthybuilding range for that parameter.

FIG. 7 shows a screen 150 that includes a dashboard 152. As can be seenfrom the header 84, the icon 92 for ZONE SUMMARY is underlined orotherwise highlighted, indicating that it has been selected. Thedashboard 152 provides greater detail into the alarms that wereillustrated in FIGS. 3 through 6 . The dashboard 152 includes a statuscolumn 154, a zone name column 156, a temperature column 158, a humiditycolumn 160, an OA flow column 162, a CO2 column 164, a CO column 166, aTVOC column 168 and an OC column 170. The dashboard 152 also includes arow 172 that illustrates the healthy building range for each of thedisplayed parameters.

For each zone that is listed, the status column 154 indicates whetherthat particular zone is fully in compliance with all of the healthybuilding guidelines or if one or more of the sensed parameter values isoutside of the healthy building range for that particular parameter. Thestatus column 154 may include an icon that says OUT OF RANGE for aparticular zone if one or more parameters within that zone are out oftheir healthy building range. The status column 154 may include an iconthat says GOOD for a particular zone if all of the parameters withinthat zone are within their healthy building ranges. It will beappreciated that other words or phrases may also be used. In some cases,the icons within the status column 154 that indicate whether aparticular zone is good, or is out of range, may also use color toprovide a quick indication. For example, the icon may be red if out ofrange, green if within range. Again, other colors may also be employed.

In some cases, any parameter value that is out of range may be displayedin a different color, or may otherwise be highlighted or indicated. Forexample, parameter values that are within range may be displayed aswhite numbers on a black screen, while parameter values that are out ofrange may be displayed as red numbers on the black screen. In somecases, parameter values that are out of range may be bolded, orhighlighted in a color. In some instances, as illustrated for example inFIG. 7 , the parameter values that are out of range may be underlined.

Clicking on one of the zones shown in FIG. 7 may result in additionalnumerical information being provided. As an example, if the “Zone1-Reception” row 174 in FIG. 7 is selected, a screen 180 may bedisplayed as shown in FIG. 8 . The screen 180 includes a dashboard 182.The dashboard 182 includes a graph showing trends in numerical dataleading up to the currently displayed values. As shown, the dashboard182 includes a temperature section 184, a humidity section 186, anoutside airflow section 188, a CO section 190, a CO2 section 192 and aTVOC section 194. Each section displays a graph showing numerical trendsfor that parameter, a current measured value for that parameter and arecommended healthy building range for that parameter.

To illustrate, the temperature section 184 provides an example of aparameter value that is within range. The temperature section 184includes a temperature graph 196 that shows how the measured temperaturehas been trending that day, a current temperature value 198 and arecommended range 200. As can be seen, the current temperature value of72.6 degrees Fahrenheit is within the recommended range of 68 to 74degrees Fahrenheit. Conversely, the humidity section 186 provides anexample of a parameter value that is out of range. The humidity section186 includes a humidity graph 202 that shows how the measured relativehumidity has been trending that day, a current humidity value 204 and arecommended range 206. As can be seen, the current humidity value of60.7 percent relative humidity exceeds the recommended range of 40 to 60percent relative humidity.

The dashboard 182 includes an ALARMS summary 208 that shows that zone 1has a total of 2 alarms. Looking at the dashboard 182, it can be seenthat the two alarms correspond to humidity and carbon monoxideconcentration. In some cases, the parameter values that are out of rangemay be displayed in a different color, bolded, highlighted or otherwisebe displayed in a way that catches a user's attention. As illustrated,the humidity value and the carbon monoxide concentration are underlined.

FIG. 9 shows a portion of a dashboard that includes an ALARMS detailsection 210 that may be considered as being an example of the ALARMSdetail section 128 shown in FIGS. 4 through 6 . It can be seen that theALARMS detail section 210 includes several rows, each listing adifferent alarm. An operator can click on a row in order to reach apull-down menu to provide several options, such as but not limitedacknowledging the alarm. In this example, a first row 212 has beenselected. The first row 212 involves a temperature value that may be outof range. In this particular example, a current temperature of 75degrees Fahrenheit violates the healthy building range of 68 to 74degrees Fahrenheit. Clicking on the first row 212 causes a popup menu214 to appear. Clicking on the associated display icon 216 causesdisplay of a screen 220, as shown in FIG. 10 .

FIG. 10 shows a screen 220. The screen 220 includes a header 224 thatincludes an icon 226 for 2D FLOORMAP, an icon 228 for 3D FLOORMAP and anicon 230 for AHU. As can be seen, the icon 226 for 2D FLOORMAP has beenselected, and accordingly the screen is displaying a two-dimensionalfloor plan graphic 222 that includes a number of zones. Zone 1, which iscausing the temperature alarm, is indicated at 232. In some cases, anyzone that has a healthy building parameter that is in the healthybuilding range for that parameter may be displayed in one color whileany zone that has a healthy building parameter that is outside of thehealthy building range for that parameter may be displayed in anothercolor. For example, green and red may be used, respectively.

FIG. 11 shows a screen 240. As can be seen, the icon 228 for 3D FLOORMAPhas been selected, and thus the screen 240 is displaying athree-dimensional floor plan graphic 242 that includes a number ofzones. Zone 1, which is causing the temperature alarm, is indicated at232. In some cases, any zone that has a healthy building parameter thatis in the healthy building range for that parameter may be displayed inone color while any zone that has a healthy building parameter that isoutside of the healthy building range for that parameter may bedisplayed in another color. For example, green and red may be used,respectively.

FIG. 12 shows a screen 250. As can be seen, the icon 230 for AHU hasbeen selected, and thus the screen 250 is displaying a three dimensionalgraphic 252 showing the air handling equipment corresponding to the zone1 that has a temperature value that is outside of the healthy buildingrange. This allows a user to troubleshoot why the zone has a currenttemperature, or any of the other healthy building parameters, that iscurrently outside of the healthy building range for that particularhealthy building parameter.

FIG. 13 shows a screen 260 that is similar to the screen 250 shown inFIG. 12 , but includes a popup 262 that provides the user withadditional information with how to resolve a healthy building parameterthat is out of its healthy building range. As illustrated, the popup 262includes documentation pertaining to troubleshooting a temperature thatis out of range. The popup 262 may, for example, be a PDF formatdocument that the user can scroll through. In some cases, the popup 262may, for example, include a link to a video clip that guides the userthrough troubleshooting an out of range temperature value. The popup 262may, for example, include a link to an appropriate Youtube.com link.

FIG. 14 shows a screen 270 that includes a dashboard 272. The dashboard272 is similar to the dashboard 142 shown in FIG. 6 , but includes apopup 274 that includes additional status data. In this particularexample, the popup 274 includes details for CAM1 (Security VideoCamera-1), including detected thermal temperatures, mask violation,intrusion detection and social distancing. Each of these can bedetermined via video analysis. The popup 274 also includes similardetails for CAM2. The popup 274 also lists occupancy status for eachzone.

FIG. 15 shows a portion of a dashboard that includes an ALARMS detailsection 280. It can be seen that the ALARMS detail section 280 includesseveral rows, each listing a different alarm. An operator can click on arow in order to reach a pull-down menu to provide several options, suchas but not limited acknowledging the alarm. In this example, a first row282 has been selected. The first row 282 involves a camera-indicatedthermal alarm. This may indicate a person who has a camera-indicatedbody temperature that is high enough to trigger an alarm. Clicking onthe first row 282 causes a popup menu 284 to appear. Clicking on theassociated display icon 286 causes display of a screen 290, as shown inFIG. 16 .

The screen 290 includes a three-dimensional floorplan graphic 292. Thethree-dimensional floorplan graphic 292 may include icons for cameras,doors, card readers, intercoms and the like. Clicking on a particularicon may pull up additional information. In FIG. 16 , a camera icon 294is highlighted. The camera icon 294 represents the particular camerathat detected the possible thermal temperature violation. While thecamera icon 294 is shown as highlighted, in some cases the camera icon294 may be shown larger, or in a different color, than other cameraicons present on the screen 290.

Clicking on the camera icon 294 will cause display of a screen 300, asshown in FIG. 17 . The screen 300 includes a pop-up 302 that includesone or more images as captured by the camera represented by the cameraicon 294. It will be appreciated that the images may be displayed incolor, with different colors representing different detected skintemperatures. For example, blues may represent relatively lowertemperatures while reds may represent relatively higher temperatures.This is merely illustrative, as any desired color scheme may be used.The pop-up 302 includes a set 304 of video controls, such as play, pauseand the like, that a user may utilize to review video. The system mayautomatically identify the person in the video with the elevated skintemperature by using facial recognition or the like. In some cases, thepersons contact information may be displayed in pop-up 302.

FIG. 18 shows a screen 310 that may be displayed in response toselecting an icon in FIG. 17 . The screen 310 includes an IncidentWorkflow 312 that shows each open incident. Clicking on one of theworkflows shown within the Incident Workflow 312 will open that incidenton the right-side 314 of the screen 310. The Incident Workflow 312 maybe a predefined Standard Operating Procedure (SOE) that defines a set ofsteps that the operator should take to address the correspondingincident. FIG. 19 shows a similar screen 320. Reports may be accessed byclicking a Report icon 322. While shown as a printer icon, it will beappreciated that other icons or graphics may also be used.

FIG. 20 shows a screen 330 that includes an incident report 332 that maybe provided in response to the user clicking the Report icon 322 in FIG.19 . The incident report 332 may include all details including an alarmsummary, incident life cycle and workflow action with operator detailsand date-time stamp.

FIG. 21 shows a screen 340 that includes a dashboard 342. The dashboard342 is similar to the dashboard 152 shown in FIG. 7 , but includes acolumn 344 that includes for each row a VIEW TREND button. It will beappreciated that selecting the appropriate VIEW TREND button in thecolumn 344 may cause display of a dashboard similar to the dashboard 182shown in FIG. 8 .

Those skilled in the art will recognize that the present disclosure maybe manifested in a variety of forms other than the specific embodimentsdescribed and contemplated herein. Accordingly, departure in form anddetail may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of thepresent disclosure as described in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of monitoring building compliance withhealthy building guidelines, the healthy building guidelines specifyingdesired ranges for each of a plurality of different parameters, themethod comprising: obtaining current parameter values for a plurality ofdifferent parameters from a plurality of sensors disposed within aplurality of different zones of a building; for each parameter:comparing each current parameter value received from each of theplurality of different zones with a corresponding healthy building rangefor that parameter as specified by the healthy building guidelines; anddisplaying a healthy building dashboard including one or more screensthat includes a summary showing for each of the plurality of differentparameters: how many zones of the plurality of different zones of thebuilding are within the corresponding healthy building range for thatparameter and/or how many zones of the plurality of different zones arenot within the corresponding healthy building range for that parameter;and modifying operation of one or more building system components inorder to drive a parameter that is outside of its corresponding healthybuilding range towards a value that is within its corresponding healthybuilding range.
 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displayingone or more windows that instruct a user how to correct for a parameterthat is outside of its corresponding healthy building range.
 3. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the healthy building dashboard furtherincludes a summary of healthy building alarms, wherein each healthbuilding alarm corresponds to a parameter in a zone not falling withinits corresponding healthy building range.
 4. The method of claim 1,wherein one of the plurality of different parameters corresponds to airtemperature, and its corresponding healthy building range is 68 and 74degrees Fahrenheit as specified in the healthy building guidelines tohelp reduce the spread of disease in the building.
 5. The method ofclaim 1, wherein one of the plurality of different parameterscorresponds to relative humidity, and its corresponding healthy buildingrange is 40 and 60 percent as specified in the healthy buildingguidelines to help reduce the spread of disease in the building.
 6. Themethod of claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of different parameterscorresponds to carbon dioxide concentration, and its correspondinghealthy building range is less than 800 parts per million (ppm) asspecified in the healthy building guidelines to help reduce the spreadof disease in the building.
 7. The method of claim 1, wherein one of thehealthy building ranges comprises one of: a carbon monoxideconcentration of less than 20 ppm; a total volatile organic compound(TVOC) concentration of less than 0.5 mg/m³; and an occupancy percentageof less than 50 percent of a specified maximum occupancy.
 8. The methodof claim 1, wherein the healthy building dashboard includes a summary ofhealthy building security parameters, wherein the healthy buildingsecurity parameters include one or more of: an occupant temperaturecompliance parameter that relates to a status of occupant temperaturecompliance of occupants of the building; a mask compliance parameterthat relates to a status of mask compliance of occupants of the buildingwith one or more mask guidelines specified by the healthy buildingguidelines; a social distancing compliance parameter that relates to astatus of social distancing compliance of occupants of the building withone or more social distancing guidelines specified by the healthybuilding guidelines; and a maximum occupancy compliance parameter thatrelates to a status of maximum occupancy compliance of occupants of thebuilding with one or more maximum occupancy guidelines specified by thehealthy building guidelines.
 9. The method of claim 1, wherein thehealthy building dashboard includes a zone summary that for each of theplurality of different zones, displays each current parameter valuemeasured within that zone.
 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the zonesummary highlights any current parameter value in any zone of theplurality of different zones that is currently outside of the healthybuilding range for that parameter.
 11. The method of claim 9, whereinthe zone summary includes a recitation of the corresponding healthybuilding range for each of the parameters.
 12. The method of claim 9,wherein the zone summary includes links that when selected by a user,additional information is displayed.
 13. The method of claim 12, whereinthe additional information includes numerical values for one or more ofthe plurality of different parameters displayed over time to showtrends.
 14. A method of monitoring compliance with healthy buildingguidelines, the healthy building guidelines specifying desired rangesfor each of a plurality of different sensed parameters, the methodcomprising: receiving parameter values for a plurality of differentsensed parameters in a building; comparing current values for each ofthe plurality of different sensed parameters to a corresponding healthybuilding range specified in the healthy building guidelines to helpreduce the spread of disease in the building; displaying a healthybuilding dashboard on a display that indicates for each of the pluralityof different sensed parameters whether any areas of the building are notwithin the healthy building range for that sensed parameter; controllingone or more building system components within the building to drivecurrent values for one or more of the sensed parameters that are outsideof the corresponding healthy building range towards a value within thecorresponding healthy building range; and in response to a user request,displaying on the display additional information pertaining to the areasof the building for which one or more of the sensed parameters areoutside of the healthy building range for that sensed parameter.
 15. Themethod of claim 14, further comprising controlling one or more buildingsystem components within the building to drive current values for one ormore of the sensed parameters that are outside of the correspondinghealthy building range to a predefined setpoint that is within thecorresponding healthy building range.
 16. A non-transient,computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executedby a processor cause the processor to: receive parameter values for aplurality of different sensed parameters in a building over time;compare current values for each of the plurality of different sensedparameters to a healthy building range specified for each of theplurality of different sensed parameters; display a dashboard on adisplay that indicates for each of the plurality of different sensedparameters whether any areas of the building are not within the healthybuilding range for that sensed parameter; control one or more buildingsystem components within the building to drive current values for one ormore of the sensed parameters that are outside of the healthy buildingrange for that sensed parameter towards a value within the healthybuilding range for that sensed parameter; and in response to a userrequest, display on the display additional information pertaining to theareas of the building for which one or more of the sensed parameters areoutside of the healthy building range for that sensed parameter.
 17. Thenon-transient, computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein theplurality of different sensed parameters corresponds to one or more of:air temperature, wherein the corresponding healthy building range is 68and 74 degrees Fahrenheit to help reduce the spread of disease in thebuilding; and relative humidity, wherein the corresponding healthybuilding range is 40 and 60 percent to help reduce the spread of diseasein the building.